A defunct turkey-processing plant and six related properties are under contract, which will delay a lawsuit Butterball filed last year after the city of Longmont rezoned 103 acres, including some of the parcels, to mixed use from industrial.

The $4.5 million contract for the purchase of the property by 150 Main LLC is included as evidence in pretrial motions in the case. According to the documents, 150 Main and the city are negotiating a public-private partnership “in which the city is seriously contemplating investing financial resources … to support 150 Main’s subsequent proposed uses.”

The city rezoned to prepare for development near a planned transit station at First Avenue and Main Street.

The registered agent for 150 Main is Brian Bair, a broker at Shames-Makovsky in Denver.

Butterball’s lawsuit, now scheduled for trial in September, claims the rezoning chased away an industrial buyer and reduced the value of the properties to $2.1 million from $7.5 million.

City attorneys argue that any damages claimed by Butterball are speculative until after the planned Aug. 1 closing.

The plant closed in 2011, and Butterball put it on the market in 2012.

A customer dining at Washington’s Oceanaire restaurant noticed an unusual line at the bottom of his receipt: “Due to the rising costs of doing business in this location, including costs associated with higher minimum wage rates, a 3% surcharge has been added to your total bill.”